Rose In Fist

Who says the United States of America is limited to the area known to the world as "America?" There can certainly be more states, unified into a larger country. Not because they are "weak," but for the mutual benefit of the peoples of both the target nation and the current United States.

What I am leading into is the proposition that Mexico and Canada join the United States. Not due to force, but because it will benefit everyone involved.

Since the December 2008 coup that brought Camara to power, the question remains: will he be a transitional leader as he claims, or just another dictator?

Communism can't work, right?

But I have this theory that we could take some (50-100) people who were 5's and 6's on the Kohlberg scale of moral development, buy some land somewhere, and start a commune as an independent country.
The things it would have to have would be:

1. Diversity in skill

Yesterday, an old friend, Rudolf Marr, brought to my attention the program of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP). I am very impressed with the ideas presented to me. Many I had not even considered. However, I must disagree on one point.

I believe the presidents of the United States need a modern ranking. Individual analyses are to follow.

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt
3. George Washington
4. Teddy Roosevelt
5. Harry Truman
6. Andrew Jackson
7. Thomas Jefferson
8. Woodrow Wilson
9. Ronald Reagan
10. Lyndon B. Johnson
11. Grover Cleveland
12. James K. Polk
13. Bill Clinton
14. James Monroe
15. William McKinley
16. Dwight D. Eisenhower
17. James Madison
18. Jimmy Carter
19. John Adams
20. James A. Garfield
21. Andrew Johnson
22. John F. Kennedy
23. Martin Van Buren
24. Calvin Coolidge

The Forms of Governments used today are excellent. At least most of them are. I would like to submit, however, a new type on this Day, April 23, 2005.

The Name I have given for this particular Form of Government is Dandreism. It is similar in concept to Parliamentary Democracy, without the Legislative Body in control of the Military and neither is the Prime Minister. Rather, a popularly elected President controls the Military, but almost nothing else.

In the early 1800’s, the number of blacks in America was increasing. Some white leaders thought it was increasing too fast. In 1790, the number of free blacks in America was 59,467. But in 1810, it had increased to 186,446. They would often assist in slave rebellions, which angered the American leaders. They thought the best solution was to ship the free blacks back to Africa. So, in 1816, the American Colonization Society (ACS) was founded by John Randolph, Henry Clay, and Charles F. Mercer.

Northern Ireland, like the Middle East, has consistently been one of the world’s “hot spots” of terrorism. Some observers, however, say that since violence has abated somewhat and cities like Belfast are beginning to see modern development, peace in Northern Ireland is finally at hand. The truth is, although the general conditions in Northern Ireland have improved in the last fifteen years, the peace is fragile, precarious, and vulnerable. One key assassination, such as that of Ian Paisley or Gerry Adams, could spark an explosive conflict.

The nationwide victories for the Democratic Party in 2006 signified the desire of the American people for a change from the old Republican order that had been in place for the past 14 years, as well as a backlash against the disastrous policies of Republican President George W. Bush. The elections went so badly for the Republican Party that for the first time in American history, they failed to win a single election for any office previously held by a Democrat at the congressional and gubernatorial levels.

Following a coup in Guinea, the question arises: is provisional President Moussa Dadis Camara going to be a transitional democratic leader or the next Lansana Conté?

The coup only happening on 23 December, it’s far too soon for me to even try to read Camara.

It seems like he’s actually trying to rectify Guinea’s horrible situation, its “deep despair” as he put it. Or at least he’s trying to give the appearance of it. His “transitional government” is to include a military president but a civilian prime minister, and he has plans for an ethnically-balanced government.